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BUTTON FASTENING. No. 274,316. Patented Mar. 20,1883.

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ALBERT HALL, OF CYPRESS HILL, NEW YORK.

BUTTON-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,316, datedMarch520,1!383. Application filed September 19, 1882. (No model.)

; act description.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the fastening of buttons togarments, shoes,

and other articles.

- The invention consists in the combination, with a button having atubular shank filled with some'yielding material, of a rivet which ispassed through the fabric or material to.

which the button is to be secured, and through the yielding material inthe shank of the button. The free end of the shank of the rivet, whichis tapered and curved, strikes against the inner surface of a conicalprojection in the top of the button, and is thereby clinched between thetop of the button and the upper end of the filling in the shank.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures. A

Figure 1 is an elevation of two buttons secured to a piece of fabricbymy improved fastening, one of which is shown in section; and Fig. 2 is aside View of the rivet used in my improved fastening.

The button A is provided with a tubular shank, B, closed by a bottom, I,which is provided with acentral aperture. The said shank is filled withleather, wood, or some other suitable yielding material, 0. The top D ofthe button is preferably secured on the same before the button isfastened to the material. The said top is provided at the middle with anannular depression, which forms a central conical pro- 0 jection, E, inthe top D, which projection,

however, does not project above A rivet, F, provided with a flat head,G, has the upper or free end of its shank tapered or filed down, so thatit will be thinner and flatter than the lower part, and the said upperpart of the rivet-shank is also slightly bent or curved, as shown inFig. 2.

To secure the button to' the material H the lower end of the shank B isplaced on. the material, and the shank of the rivet F is passedthroughthe material from the inside, and throughthe aperture in thebottom I of the shank B into the material 0, through which it passes.The end of theshank of the rivet, after passing through the material 0,strikes against the concave inner surface of the conical projection E,whereby the end of the rivetshank will be bent over and clinched, andwill form a cross-piece between the inner end of the filling U and thetop D, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the rivet will hold the, button tothe material H very firmly and securely.

By means of the above-described fastening buttons can be secured veryrapidly'and easily, the material is not torn, and the fastening is verysimple.

It is of great importance to have the end of the shank of the rivet Fmade thinner, so that the said shank can be clinched within thebuttonmore readily.

Having thus described myv invention, I claim asnewand desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with the button A, provided with ashank, B, having an apertured bottom, I, and a top, D, of the fillingmaterial 0 in the shank, and a rivet, F, having the free end of itsshank flattened and curved, substantially as herein shown and described,and

for the purpose set forth.

ALBERT HALL.

Witnesses; OSCAR F. Gem, 0. SEDGWICK.

